new African Mammals. 1(9 



Hab. Tambarara, Gorongoza Mts., Portuguese East 

 Africa. 



Type. Adult female (Stage VII.)- B.M. no. 8. 1. 1. 116. 

 Original number 1930. Collected 12th May, 1907, by 

 C. H. B. Grant, and presented to the Natural History 

 Museum by Mr. C. D. Rudd. 



The colouring and texture of the coat serve to separate 

 ruddi from hindei at a glance. 



Procavia brucei grant!, sp. n. 



A dassie allied to the two last, slightly larger, with long 

 fur, which, however, is harsher than in ruddi and differently 

 coloured. 



Fur of back 30 mm. long. Basal half of individual hairs 

 drab-grey, distal half whitish, dark brown, and cream-buff in 

 equal lengths (the last, however, including a short black tip). 

 General colour above a blackish brown grizzled with buffy, 

 fading on the minks and thence into the dirty white of the 

 belly. Face and crown like back (but more finely grizzled) 

 and slightly suffused with black. Shoulders, sides of neck, 

 and limbs like flanks. Under lip white, chin and throat 

 buffy drab. Dorsal mark tawny ochraceous; superciliary 

 mark white. 



Skull stout and broad, markedly larger than in hindei, 

 without any trace of palatal tubercles so characteristic of that 

 species. 



Dimensions of the type : — 



Head and body 501 mm. ; hind foot 72; ear 32. 



Skull : greatest length ^5 ; basilar length 76 ; zygomatic 

 breadth 51 ; nasals, length 20, posterior breadth 20, anterior 

 breadth 8 ; diastema 11; upper molar series 33. 



Hub. Woodbush, Transvaal. 



Type. Old female (Stage VIII.). B.M. no. 6.4.3. 102. 

 Original number 1531. Collected by C H. B. Grant, 9th 

 January, 1906, and presented to the Natural History Museum 

 by Mr. 0. D. Rudd. 



Procavia brucei manning!, sp. n. 



A dassie of the " hettrohyrax" group, most resembling 

 ruddi in its fur and colouring, but darker. Size large. 



Fur long and silky as in ruddi, 30-33 mm. on back ; in 

 young animals basal half almost black, follow ed by brown 

 for 10 mm., remainder buffy white, except 1-2 mm. black at 

 extreme tip. In maturity the whole hair becomes blackish, 



